Matthew 19:8

He says to them: Moses, for your hardness of heart, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

In Context

7They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?

9And I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her when put away, commits adultery.

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Cross References

Matthew 8:31If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

1 Corinthians 7:6But this I say by way of permission, not of command.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13

The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →

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